Torsby Municipality

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Torsby
Torsby

Torsby is the northernmost municipality in Värmland County, in west central Sweden. The municipality covers an area of 4186.8 km². The total population for the municipality is around 13000 with a population density of 3 inhabitants per km². The town of Torsby has a population of about 4000. The name means Thor's village.

There are lots of Finnish heritage in Torsby.

Torsby is the end station on the Fryksdal branchline from Karlstad via Kil. There is a small airport with scheduled flights to Stockholm whilst the nearest international airport is Gardermoen in Norway. The 1690 km long road, riksväg 45, passes through the municipality.

Sven-Göran Eriksson has his roots in Torsby.

The municipality has a number of skiing centres for both alpine skiing (Hovfjället and Branäs[1]) and cross-country (Mattila and Långberget). A cross-country ski tunnel, which is also the world's longest, opened 16th June 2006.

Stjerneskolan, a senior high school, specializes in cross-country skiing and biathlon. The most famous former pupil is Gunde Svan. Carl Johan Bergman who was born in Ekshärard (roughly 20km to the east), also studied there for a year.


Municipalities of Värmland County
Arvika | Eda | Filipstad | Forshaga | Grums | Hagfors | Hammarö | Karlstad | Kil | Kristinehamn | Munkfors | Storfors | Sunne | Säffle | Torsby | Årjäng
Counties of Sweden | Sweden
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